Social work in South Africa at the dawn of the new millennium

Title: Social work in South Africa at the dawn of the new millennium
Creator: Gray, Mel; Mazibuko, Fikile
Relation: International Journal of Social Welfare Vol. 11, Issue 1, p. 191-200
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2002
Description: The article examines recent developments in social policy and its implications for social work education and practice in South Africa. It traces the changes from the birth of democracy in South Africa to the dawn of the new millennium as these crucial years marked the beginning of a new era in South Africa’s welfare history. It examines the challenges to social work and provides an example of the integrated, holistic developmental interventions, which are needed to combat social problems such as crime, AIDS and poverty. It ends with an examination of the implications of developmental welfare policy for social–work education as social workers are called to address mass poverty, unemployment and social deprivation through greater use of diverse social work methods, such as advocacy, community development, empowerment, consultation, networking, action research and policy analysis.
Subject: politics; social policy; social work; political activity; political participation; South Africa
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/937688
Identifier: uon:12602
Identifier: ISSN:1369-6866
Rights: 10.1111/1468-2397.00216 uon-P135693-CPE137401
Language: eng
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